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Gender and Women's Studies (GWST) GWST 2113 Transnational Women’s Studies (S) Description: Introduction to research on women and gender in transnational contexts. Interpersonal relationships, socioeconomic status, power and authority as women experience them, myths and realities among women of different races, classes, ethnicities, sexual orientation, nationalities, ages, and physical ability. Previously offered as WMST 2113. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences GWST 2123 Introduction to Gender Studies (DH) Description: Introduction to critical thinking about the construction of gender and the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. Basic methods of studying gender from an interdisciplinary humanities perspective. Previously offered as WMST 2123. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity, Humanities GWST 3450 Topics in Gender Studies Prerequisites: GWST 2113 or GWST 2123 or permission of instructor. Description: Suggested topics include: women and health, women and science, women and religion. Previously offered as WMST 3450. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

GWST 3613 Race and Reproduction in the U.S. (D) Prerequisites: GWST 2113 or GWST 2123 recommended.

Description: An interdisciplinary examination of the inextricable relationship between race relations and reproductive politics. Issues explored include malthusianism, sterilization abuse, criminalizing pregnancy, natalism and nationalism, eugenics, the role of women of color in campaigns for reproductive justice, and representations of motherhood. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity GWST 3713 Gender and Representation (D)

Description: Cultural analysis of gender representation and gender relations. Using cultural texts and practices in several areas such as children's culture, sport, music, film and TV. Previously offered as WMST 3713. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity GWST 4013 Approaches to Feminist Research

Prerequisites: GWST 2113 or GWST 2123 or consent of instructor. Description: Examines the ethics and epistemologies of methodologies and theoretical frameworks most conducive to feminist analysis. This course prepares students to conceptualize their own research projects. Previously offered as WMST 4013. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science GWST 4113 Feminist Theories Prerequisites: GWST 2113 or GWST 2123 or consent of instructor. Description: Examines the different types of feminist theories and the role theory plays in the production of knowledge. A variety of feminist theories will be considered from an interdisciplinary perspective. Previously offered as WMST 4113. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science GWST 3513 Theorizing Sexualities (D) Prerequisites: GWST 2113 or GWST 2123.

Description: Examination of poststructuralist and/or feminist theories of sexualities in contexts of film, literature, history, or popular culture. Likely theorists include Foucault, Butler, D'Emilio, Lorde, Kristeva, Anzaldua, Chow, and/or Chauncey. Previously offered as WMST 3513. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Arts & Science General Education and other Course Attributes: Diversity